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Gender bias in sex ratio at birth: the case of India
A deeply-rooted preference for sons may decrease the relative number of female births. Though there are variables that may help to erode the couple's preference for sons, these same variables may also increase the availability ... -
Gender differences in alternating-offer bargaining: an experimental study
A laboratory study was carried out to analyze the relationship between ambiguity regarding the sharing norms in structured alternating-ofer bargaining and gender diferences in bargaining. Symmetric environments, where a ... -
A general framework for the macroeconomic analysis of monetary unions
The objective of this paper is to develop a general framework for the macroeconomic modelling of monetary unions, which could be useful for policy analysis, as well as for teaching purposes. Our starting point will be the ... -
Geografía y dinámica de la desigualdad regional en la Unión Europea
¿Son permanentes o temporales los desequilibrios de renta entre regiones? El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la evolución de la desigualdad regional en renta por habitante en la Unión Europea en el período 1977-1999. ... -
La gobernanza de la biodiversidad. El uso y conservación de los recursos naturales en propiedades colectivas en México
El objetivo de esta tesis es desarrollar y testar una herramienta de diagnóstico de la robustez de la gobernanza en propiedades colectivas en México, entendiendo por gobernanza el proceso de interrelación entre los actores. ... -
The great moderation of inflation: a structural analysis of recent U.S. monetary business cycles
U.S. inflation has experienced a great moderation in the last two decades. This paper examines the factors behind this and other stylized facts, such as the weaker correlation of inflation and nominal interest rate (Gibson ... -
Group concentration and violence: does ethnic segregation affect domestic terrorism?
This paper examines the link between ethnic segregation and domestic terrorism. The results show that ethnic segregation has a positive and significant effect on the incidence of domestic terrorism, which indicates that ... -
Growth and public support to research and imitation: the international connection
This paper studies technology policy within the context of an R&D-based growth model. We first use cross-country data to document several empirical regularities regarding the relationship between public support to research ... -
Growth with technical change and human capital: transition dynamics versus steady state predictions
This paper studies the steady-state and transitional dynamics predictions of an R&D-based growth model and evaluates their performance in explaining income disparities across countries. We fnd that even though steady-state ... -
Grundzüge der Agrargeschichte. 3: Die Moderne: reseña
La obra que es objeto de esta recensión forma parte de un proyecto editorial de tres volúmenes con más de 800 páginas, que ha sido promovido por Stefan Brakensiek, Rudolf Kieβling, Werner Troβbach y Clemens Zimmermann. ... -
Handwörterbuch zur ländlichen Gesellschaft in Deutschland: reseña
El Diccionario para la sociedad rural en Alemania –Handwörterbuch zur ländlichen Gesellschaft in Deutschland–, editado por los sociólogos Stephan Beetz, Kai Brauer y Claudia Neu, presenta un estudio de treinta conceptos ... -
Head-to-head comparison between the EQ-5D-5L and the EQ-5D-3L in general population health surveys
Background: The EQ-5D has been frequently used in national health surveys. This study is a head-to-head comparison to assess how expanding the number of levels from three (EQ-5D-3L) to five in the new EQ-5D-5L version has ... -
Health related quality of life of patients with generalized anxiety disorder
Aims: To analyze the health-related quality of life of patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), with respect to the population at large and to a control group. The following goals are addressed: 1.- To determine ... -
Height, nutritional and economic inequality in central Spain, 1837-1936
This article analyzes the evolution of inequality in mean male height in central Spain considering the generations born from 1837 to 1915, measured in the drafts from 1858 to 1936 (n = 53,503). Mean adult height reflects ... -
La historia agraria contemporánea española en claroscuro
Se traza en este capítulo un recorrido global por el recorrido seguido por la historia agraria española desde sus inicios en la década de 1980 hasta la actualidad. Se presta atención al contexto institucional e historiográfico ... -
Historia agraria y niveles de vida. Estado de la cuestión y propuestas de investigación para la España contemporánea
Este trabajo plantea una síntesis de las principales aportaciones al estudio de los niveles de vida en la España rural contemporánea. El estado de la cuestión se articula en torno a tres grandes indicadores: salarios reales, ... -
Historia del uranio en España: de la minería a la fabricación del combustible nuclear, c. 1900-1986: reseña
Reseña del libro de Esther Sánchez y Santiago López en el que se aborda la historia del uranio en España que, en términos generales, no ha recibido tanta atención historiográfica como las centrales nucleares. Se trata de ... -
How much are people willing to pay for silence? A one and half bound DC CV estimate
Noise is a major urban problem that has not received much attention from environmental economists. In this paper we present an attempt to value a noise reduction program in a Spanish city. Contingent valuation has been ... -
ICT impact on tourism industry
The goal of this paper is to analyze the effects of ICT on firms’ competitiveness, as well as on their level of innovation, productivity and on the market share depending on the tourism area: Accommodation, Gastronomy ... -
Identity, incentives and motivational capital in public organizations
This paper explores optimality of contracts and incentives when the principal (public organization) can undertake investments to change agents’ (public workers) identity. In the model, workers within the organization can ...